Table 4.

Mean and Standard Deviation of the Threshold Temperature (Cq), and Normalized Mean and Median Cqs (ΔCq) of Each mRNA in Each Study Group.

Salivary mRNAs	Group A (OSCC)		Group B (Chronic Periodontitis, Non-smokers)		Group C (Chronic periodontitis, Smokers)		Group D (Healthy Control)
	Cq	ΔCq (Median)	Cq	ΔCq (Median)	Cq	ΔCq (Median)	Cq	ΔCq (Median)
IL-8	16.83 ± 2.50	−2.63 ± 1.23 (−2.51)	13.59 ± 1.22	−2.68 ± 0.77 (−2.67)	18.57±3.11	−1.29 ± 1.55 (−0.99)	22.94 ± 4.07	0.68 ± 2.03 (0.97)
OAZ1	18.76 ± 2.01	−0.70 ± 0.59 (−0.64)	21.93 ± 3.70	5.66 ± 3.37 (5.49)	18.96 ± 2.49	−0.90 ± 0.60 (−0.92)	21.85 ± 3.36	0.05 ± 0.97 (0.23)
S100P	19.80 ± 2.58	0.34 ± 1.44 (0.19)	17.86 ± 1.84	1.59 ± 1.30 (1.20)	21.58 ± 3.46	1.72 ± 1.79 (1.01)	23.42 ± 4.08	1.62 ± 2.05 (1.16)
IL-1β	16.72 ± 2.24	−2.74 ± 0.71 (−2.79)	13.20 ± 1.09	−3.07 ± 0.38 (−3.00)	17.52 ± 4.48	−2.34 ± 3.89 (−1.57)	21.73 ± 3.28	−0.07 ± 1.11 (−0.29)
H3F3A	19.23 ± 2.26	−0.23 ± 0.99 (−0.1)	14.40 ± 1.07	−1.87 ± 0.39 (−1.88)	19.89 ± 3.57	0.03 ± 1.29 (−0.01)	22.21 ± 4.02	0.41 ± 1.60 (0.44)
SAT1	17.19 ± 2.16	−2.27 ± 0.92 (−2.46)	19.76 ± 2.87	3.49 ± 2.67 (3.44)	17.82 ± 2.29	−2.04 ± 1.33 (−2.07)	20.24 ± 2.73	−1.56 ± 1.07 (−1.42)
DUSP1	19.25 ± 2.31	−0.21 ± 0.69 (−0.32)	16.41 ± 1.16	0.14 ± 0.59 (0.17)	20.67 ± 2.80	0.81 ± 0.90 (0.49)	23.43 ± 3.29	1.63 ± 0.93 (1.41)